Proem is extremely consistant which is what appeals to me the most. They may
not be as innovative as, say Aphex Twin, but Proem is right on the mark when
it comes to making good music. Being cutting-edge doesn't necessarily denote
good music. ; )
-daniel
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From: chthonic [mailto:chthonic@chthonicstreams.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:53 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] proem + fla vs. cliche
eggy@eggtastic.com commented:
quoted 9 lines FLA is funny because a friend of mine demoed a CD that he said was a>FLA is funny because a friend of mine demoed a CD that he said was a
>pretty good representation, and over the course of a few tracks I
>recognized parts lifted wholly from aphex twin and autechre tracks. I
>brought it up and said "that's kind of cheap, don't you think?"
>
>He responded that "no, it's what they do, it's great!"
>
>Of course, if you're familiar with what they're lifting, it's *really
>boring*, *really fast*. I'd rather go listen to the original tracks.
i do generally agree. when they did 'millennium' in 1994, they sampled rock
riffs
from pantera and metallica. for their sins, the album was tied up in smaple
clearance for a year. and the music was just as boring as you'd think.
but actually, they don't *always* do that. they did actually take a really
cool
nitzer ebb bassline and turned it into an even better song. plus on their
2001
album i recognized a string bit from the movie "event horizon", and an old
delerium track (when they were good, before they became the new
enigma/deep forest) looped peter gabriel's "the rhythm of the heat". but in
all of
those cases, the samples were used as jumping-off points toward something
else, which i think is perfectly valid. as long as the result turns out
well and
doesn't just make you want to hear the original.
d.
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